John Elder
A sting in this tale: Three new peacock spiders, one sticky situation
When the Reverend Octavius Pickard-Cambridge discovered the first peacock spider in 1874, he was more excited by what he thought were wings...
Special K: From party drug to a cure for suicidal thoughts
Earlier in March, a version of the drug ketamine – in the form of a low-dose nasal spray – was approved by...
Infection during pregnancy: Significant increase in risk of autism and depression in babies
A day after a massive Danish study of more than 650,000 babies comprehensively proved that there is no causative link between the...
El Nino triggered global disease outbreaks: Good chance it’s coming back
As the hottest summer on record refuses to die – so much of the country dead-dry, parts of it ablaze – the...
Learn a language while you’re asleep: It’s not a con new research suggests
Apologies to children of ambitious parents – but you’ll probably be wearing headphones to bed for the next couple of years because...
NASA sacrificing spacecraft to knock asteroid off course
Not all eyes will be on the US Presidential election next year – some will be looking higher up, when NASA, for...
Donald Trump ordered officials to give Jared Kushner top-secret clearance
Donald Trump reportedly ordered his former White House chief of staff John Kelly to grant a top-secret security clearance to his son-in-law...
Colour your world: Even your left eye sees differently to your right
Most of the 2000 people who took an online colour vision test – posted by a UK contact lens retailer – only managed...
Denisovans: Our long lost cousins are slowly giving up their secrets
Have you heard of the Denisovans? They sound like a breed of alien from a TV show – kind of like us,...
Fairy circles: Forget termites and dragons. The latest theory says it’s the weather
A hundred years on and the mystery of the fairy circles runs hotter than ever. This week another theory was published, once...